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Billionaire Investor Wilbur Ross discusses why the tight race in the southern primaries points to the strength of Mitt Romney.
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But Wilbur Ross turning around on the investor extraordinaire.
On and he knows a thing to do about keeping.
Does the investment -- here and I guess by extension -- The voters -- and if they see you started -- -- not succeeding -- senior case if you had a couple of bad deals -- Begin questioning and I would be any question.
It is.
Is Mitt Romney loses both these states tonight something that was a given.
A couple of weeks ago well I wouldn't be a disappointment.
I think it was given that he would lose so the fact that he's linking him to close race I think it was a big victory for Mitt Romney who every comes out.
-- -- Foreman -- by a move written Mitt Romney's support and so on enterprise confessed.
Aren't going to but why do you say that did not done.
He could get over this -- this is wouldn't be huge -- -- wouldn't -- a huge deal because it's not his territory.
-- these are states where the vast majority of the voters over 75%.
Are Republican to Begin -- So comes the general election they're not gonna vote for Obama regardless of who is the nominee so this safe Republican states.
Second and more importantly they're mostly and then -- -- coal.
And born again Christians not a particularly hospitable group for Mitt Romney.
Even still though when you talk about was most son.
A lot of these evangelical Christians -- it was the economy so could you flip that around -- and say.
We like Rick Santorum on social issues but we also like them on the economic.
Well I think what it's more about this than people who are deeply dedicated to religious issues are less likely to say I'm the -- it.
And I'm not gonna road for a Mormon so -- volume that's coming -- -- following -- there's something about.
Also think the -- -- people what are they watch on television everybody would say public broadcasting we know that's not true.
Those talks there are few other minor networks.
After -- People don't you know went unanswered I never said public television I don't know -- it -- but don't know but I'm but I know it doesn't -- -- people do.
Because it's not -- -- -- Correct to say I watch talks.
US and it's just in -- -- that he that he doesn't -- the Sunni become the nominee.
It's a given that the south ago but sometimes there are our divisions right.
Virginia went for Barack Obama for years ago.
There there is the possibility.
That you can have fraying at the border line states right and do you worry about that if Republicans look like they're not.
They don't of the united southern -- Well I don't think the united so -- -- who's gonna influence the other states.
I think more important is one known Simpson had to say my share of the snowstorm -- -- October party.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- had a book party that Mike Bloomberg gave forum tonight and is said.
I have come to know the difference between the -- -- and a political race.
The new -- raise the entire horse winds -- I think that's a very -- Very good Citi answer real quickly on your pretty good read of economic bland landscape and and there's.
The argument seems to be from the White House things are getting better.
The argument from voters in polls is that maybe they are but we're still not happy about it pence a very tight race.
And the president drawing even if not declining.
Against Mitt -- when he -- Well they -- 3% unemployment with millions of people having dropped out of the employment.
Contention.
Group.
There's not a very happy thing but it better -- loans both federal venables but it's probably better than it was -- more people have dropped out.
And in fact that there has been a steady improvement in jobs would that be enough for the press.
I don't think so because of the guests in this situation.
One dollar a gallon at the pump.
More than offsets the whole 2% to reduction in the withholding taxes.
That the president and the congress put in.
Because it isn't just the -- it's the implications for fuel oil.
For trucks for plastics for everything else so the 2% that he gave the people -- -- Because gas prices are -- tax issue not a pretax you're not a billboard -- and aren't that everyone has billboard and everybody sees them.
Plus they always go up a lot toward the summer.
So the idea that -- close to four dollars now.
Could mean five dollars and summer.
Of their five bellows in the summer Obama is going to be in deep trouble and they don't think anybody about it is the idea I can't do anything about it alright.
Will -- we're goes Wilbur -- is always a pleasure thank you.
